Abdullah Yolcu
Abdullah Yolcu or Abdullah bin Abdul Hamid bin Abdulmazid al-Ismail al-Bazzaz al-Turkmani al-Athari al-Iraqi is a Turkish Arabic Salafi Islamic scholar and preacher.[1][2] He was born in 1958[3] of a Iraqi-Turkish origin.[4] He studied in Islamic University of Madinah and founded Guraba Publication which translates Salafi books into Turkish language.[5]
Life change
He began studying Islam at a young age under various scholars.[6] His intellectual development was influenced by Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz ibn Baz and Muhammed ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen.[7]
In 1986 he settled in Istanbul, where he founded the Guraba publishing house in 1992. His primary aim was to promote the teachings of Salafi Islam, firm principles of faith and prophetic education in the spirit of the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama' a to be distributed in Turkish. The Guraba publishing house established itself as the core of Salafist activities in Turkey.[8]
Abdullah Yolcu is a founding member and representative of Turkey in the Association of Muslim Scholars based in Kuwait.[9][10]
Works change
Among the works that he wrote in Arabic and which were later translated into Turkish are treatises such as "Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi" (Principles of Faith of the Pious Ancestors), "The Conditions of Islam", "Tevessül / Legitimate Means for Oneself "To approach Allah" and "Believe according to the Ehli Sunnet ve'l Cemaat".[11][12]
His essays are usually written in Arabic, some have been translated into Turkish.
Many of Yolcu's works written in Arabic have been translated into Turkish. Some of them are:
- Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi (Beliefs of the Pious Ancestors)
- The conditions of Islam
- Tevessül / Legitimate means of approaching Allah
- Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet (summary)
- Friendship and enmity according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat
- Islamic perspectives on New Year celebrations
- Islamic perspectives on music and singing
- Polygamy
References change
- ↑ ÖNDER, Kerem (2018). GÜNÜMÜZ KUR'AN TAHRİFÇİLERİ (in Turkish). Kerem Önder. p. 281. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "TURKISH SALAFISM ON TWITTER: SOCIAL NETWORK" (PDF). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ Hammond, Andrew (2022). Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought: Turkish and Egyptian Thinkers on the Disruption of Islamic Knowledge. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-009-19955-1. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Khan, Adnan R. (28 July 2016). "How Turkey became a petri dish for Islamist politics". Macleans. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ Al-Rasheed, Madawi (2018). Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia. Oxford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-19-090174-5. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ Sujibto, Bernando J. (2021). Kitab Hitam Turki (in Indonesian). IRCISOD. pp. 92–94. ISBN 978-623-6166-65-9. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Altun, Bekir (2022). Tarihsel ve Güncel Boyutlarıyla Selefilik-Vehhabilik ve Türkiye'de Selefilik (in Turkish). Yeni Balkan Yayınevi. p. 130. ISBN 978-608-4763-89-5. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ Andrew Hammond: Salafi Thought in Turkish Public Discourses since 1980, in: International Journal of Middle East Studies. Vol. 49. No. 3. 2017.
- ↑ Hammond, Andrew (2017). "Salafi Thought in Turkish Public Discourse Since 1980". International Journal of Middle East Studies. JSTOR. pp. 417–435. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Hammond, Andrew (2017). SALAFI THOUGHT IN TURKISH PUBLIC DISCOURSE SINCE 1980. pp. 417–435. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Mandaville, Peter G. (2022). Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-19-753256-0. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "Salafism Infiltrates Turkish Religious Discourse". Middle East Institute. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2023.